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Algebra General Exam Review Guide 2022
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Table of Contents
This review guide covers algebra topics for the general exam, organized by major areas.
Chapter 1: Groups
1.1 General Group Theory
1.2 Applications of the Sylow Theorems
1.3 Abelian Groups
Chapter 2: Rings
2.1 Basic Commutative Ring Theory
2.2 PIDs, UFDs and Polynomial Rings
2.3 Non-commutative Rings
Chapter 3: Modules and Canonical Forms
3.1 Modules
3.2 Rational and Jordan Canonical Form
Chapter 4: Multilinear Algebra
4.1 Dual Spaces and Bilinear Forms
4.2 Tensor Products over Commutative Rings
Chapter 5: Fields
5.1 General Field Theory
5.2 Galois Theory
5.3 Finding Galois Groups
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